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Twenty-three sets of twins graduate from a single Massachusetts high school

NEEDHAM, Mass. — Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a Massachusetts high school, representing about 10% of the eighth-grade class.

The identical and fraternal twins graduated from Pollard High School in Needham, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Another student, who is also a twin, graduated but her brother attends a different school, said principal Tamatha Bibbo.

It’s “quite unusual,” Bibbo said. “We typically have five to 10 groups at most. Given our numbers, we have approximately 450 to 500 kids in each grade, so this was extraordinarily high.”

The school gave special recognition to the 23 sets of twins during a so-called “promotion” ceremony Wednesday, he said. Twins account for about 3% of live births in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.

All Pollard Middle School graduates must have completed up to 10 hours of service learning in their communities and each year the Needham Exchange Club offers five community service awards. For the first time this year, a pair of twins, Lukas and Sameer Patel, won a prize and a donation to their charity, Bibbo said.

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